Insomnia
Curated by: Michelle Rinard
International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago
2024
This multi-part exhibit highlights several of the Museum’s spaces, combining elements of sculpture, textile art, video art, and photography to weave together themes of materials, bodies, histories, and spaces.
Through her residency, Agassi explored the rich history of the Home and the family that once lived here. The residence was once home to Eleanor Robinson Countiss, an heiress of the Diamond Match Company. As a wedding gift from her father J.K Robinson, Eleanor designed the mansion after Le Petit Trianon of France, Marie Antoinette’s abode on Versailles. Agassi’s pieces explore the original bedrooms, children’s playroom, breakfast nook, salon, library, and living quarters of the mansion which now houses the International Museum of Surgical Science with exhibits themed on the history of medicine. Agassi shines a light on the history of the matriarch of the Countiss home while also bringing into the fold medical history and education through medical texts and surgical themes... Read More
Through her residency, Agassi explored the rich history of the Home and the family that once lived here. The residence was once home to Eleanor Robinson Countiss, an heiress of the Diamond Match Company. As a wedding gift from her father J.K Robinson, Eleanor designed the mansion after Le Petit Trianon of France, Marie Antoinette’s abode on Versailles. Agassi’s pieces explore the original bedrooms, children’s playroom, breakfast nook, salon, library, and living quarters of the mansion which now houses the International Museum of Surgical Science with exhibits themed on the history of medicine. Agassi shines a light on the history of the matriarch of the Countiss home while also bringing into the fold medical history and education through medical texts and surgical themes... Read More